Resume

Helen K. Garber Studio · 28 Likely Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508

Collections

Museum

The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Archives of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Archives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Museum of the City of New York, NY
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Portland Art Museum, OR
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Worcester Museum of Art, MA
San Diego Auto Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

Government

Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, Los Angeles, CA
State of New Mexico Fine Art Collection, Albuquerque, NM
Mid State Community College, Albuquerque, NM

University

Yale University, Peter Archives
Athens School of Fine Art, Athens, Greece

Corporate

O'Melveny & Meyers LLC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA
City National Bank, Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, CA
Hunton & Williams LLC, Los Angeles, CA
McKenna BMW, Norwalk, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2015

Undulations, Leica Gallery LA, West Hollywood, CA
Venice as Muse: Photo LA Booth 117, AD Gallery: Contemporary Fine Art

2014

Josylyn Park Puppies, AD Gallery: Contemporary Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
Encaustic Series Photo LA Booth 112, AD Gallery: Contemporary Fine Art

2012

Venice: Yesterday/Today or still crazy after all these years, Universal Art Gallery, Venice, CA
Encaustic Noir: dnj Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2008

LA Noir, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Urban Noir, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

1998

Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990

Santa Monica Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

LA Art Core, LA, CA
Inhabit Gallery, Corrales, NM
Abiquiu Inn Gallery, Abiquiu, NM

2025

HIVE/Buzz INHABIT Galerie, Corrales, NM
Wear Your Grace, Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Noir Festival, La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, NM

2024

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
R3$$ist, Old Wall Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Recycled Art Festival, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Book Arts Guild, Anything Goes, Albuquerque, NM
Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Wear Your Grace, Santa Fe, NM

2023

Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Recycled Art Festival, Santa Fe, NM

2022

Neon & Chrome, New Mexico State Capital Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2020

New Vanguard in Art, Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2019

Open Studio, Art Week Santa Fe

2015

Ladies Only, Rencontres d'Arles, France
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Art Block, Venice, CA
Photo Review Auction, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

2014

Ladies Only, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Noir Effect, The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Burnt Offerings, The Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
Independent Photo Art Fair, Hollywood, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA

2013

Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, NY
Mirror, Mirror, Cadillac Hotel, Venice, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Spaces: Inside/Outside/The Space Between, The Loft at Liz for MOPLA
Group SC 2009: Medium Photo Festival, San Diego, CA

2012

Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Art Walk Special Exhibit, Venice: Yesterday/Today, Venice, CA
MOPLA Photography Show, Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA
Made in California, Bonham's, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Photo Vision, Athens, Greece
International Photography Awards, Best of Show, New York, NY
dnj Gallery, Gallery Artists, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Santa Monica, CA
Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA

2010

dnj Gallery, Night Lights: Venice/Venezia, Los Angeles, CA
The Factory, Los Angeles Architectural Photography Show, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Santa Monica, CA
George Eastman House Auction, Sotheby's, New York, NY

2009

Beach Stories, Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, CA
Night Moves, Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2008

Emphasis Santa Monica, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica College, CA
Darkness, Darkness, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard, Boston, MA
Darkness, Darkness, Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA
New Acquisitions, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

2007

Photo LA, Front Entrance, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA — 5×40 ft panoramic print
Ontario Regional Airport, LA Cultural Affairs, Ontario, CA
Woodstock Center of Photography, Woodstock, NY

2006

10th International Biennale di Architecture, Venice, Italy — 5×40 ft panoramic print on silk
AIPAD, NY, Stephen Cohen Gallery, LA, CA
Photo LA / Photo SF, Stephen Cohen Gallery, LA, CA
Tepper/Takayama Fine Art, Boston, MA
Houston Center of Photography, TX

2005

Sarah Morthland, New York, NY
Photo NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Tepper/Takayama, Boston, MA
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004

G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Sotheby's, Beverly Hills, CA

2003

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery, LA, CA
Carmel Photo Workshops, Carmel, CA — Annual Juried Show
Photo LA, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, LA, CA

2002

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL — A Thousand Hounds
UBS Paine Webber Gallery, New York, NY — A Thousand Hounds
Inside Space Gallery at Selfridges, London, England — London Photo Awards

2001

Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA — Focus On AIDS
House of Photographic Arts, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Pilar Graves Fine Art, San Francisco, CA — Photo San Francisco

1999

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park — Juried

1994

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park — Juried Show
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA — Invitational

1992

G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA — Focus On AIDS
Orange County Community Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA — Invitational

1991

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA — Juried Show

Concept / Direction: Multi-Media Group Installations

2025

Santa Fe Noir, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Festival, Santa Fe, NM

2020

Group LA 2020 — Led 25 artists to document their LA neighborhood for a year; 1,000 prints acquired by the LA Public Library Photo Collection

2013

Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA
Group SC 2009, An Intimate View of Los Angeles

2012

Noirfest Santa Monica — Inaugural City-Wide Arts Festival Using Noir as a Unifying Theme

2010

Group LA 2008, An Intimate View of Los Angeles
A Night View Collaboration, Graffiti on 40' long 360° panorama of Los Angeles
FADA Los Angeles Art Show, Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Urban Noir/LA-NY, Annenberg Space for Photography, Century City, CA
A Night View Collaboration, Graffiti on 40' long 360° panorama of Los Angeles

2008

Urban Noir/Los Angeles, Los Angeles Conservancy, Hollywood, CA

2007

A Night View Collaboration, Graffiti on 40' long 360° panorama of Los Angeles
Venice Art Walk Special Exhibit, Main Entrance to Fair

2005

LA Noir, Venice Art Walk Special Exhibit, 1209 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA

Film / Television

2005–13

Urban Noir/LA-NY DVD Projection — Central Library LA; Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences, Samuel Goldwyn Theatre; Annenberg Foundation Center of Photography, Century City, CA; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

2007

FOX NEWS — Coverage of A Night View of Los Angeles at Photo LA

2001

48 HOURS, CBS Television — 3 images for May 2nd, John Diaz segment
WHAT WOMEN WANT — Image used for set decoration, Helen Hunt's Office

1999

LeVar Burton Profile, E Channel — taped photo session
Donny & Marie — photos shown from Parents at Last

1998

CNN Showbiz Today — photos shown from Parents at Last

1997

Freeze Frame San Diego — Travelogue: Co-host, Photo Expert, Travel Channel, premiered June 14, ran 18 times

1990

The Shirley Kaufer Documentary — producer/director

Books

2024

Revised Edition: Santa Monica Pier, Angel City Press, Jim Harris, Author

2009

Santa Monica Pier, Angel City Press, Jim Harris, Editor, p. 36, 59

2008

Night & Low Light Photography, Amphoto Books, Jill Waterman, Editor, p. 6, 21, 158–159

2007

Los Angeles Noir, Akashic Books, Denise Hamilton, Editor (front cover)

2005

Venice Beach, California Carnivale, Xlibris Books — Helen Kolikow Garber, author; Winner, Honorary Mention, International Photo Awards; Official commemorative book of the Venice Centennial, 1905–2005
Looking at Los Angeles, Metropolis Books, Marla Hamburg Kennedy et al., Editors, p. 205, 212, 214–215

2002

In Other Los Angeleses, Multicentric Performance Art, University of CA Press, Meiling Cheng, Author, p. 256–261
The Ancient Hebrew Yoga, Doubleday Books — Helen K. Garber, Illustrator

1998

Parents at Last, Clarkson N. Potter — Helen K. Garber, Illustrator

Workshops & Lectures

2025

Santa Fe Noir, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
The Mystery Behind the Magic Boxes, Encaustic Museum, Santa Fe, NM

2019

Santa Fe Noir, Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Santa Fe, NM

2018

Hotel Santa Fe, Dinner with the Artist, Santa Fe, NM

2015

Undulations, Leica Gallery LA
Urban Noir: Night Photography at the Santa Monica Pier, Otis College of Art & Design

2014

Urban Noir: Night Photography in Los Angeles, the Skirball Cultural Center, Brentwood, CA
Venice Beach Noir, Emerging Focus Photo Nomad Tour, Venice, CA
Santa Monica Fellowship Presentation, Annenberg Beach House

2013

Urban Noir Santa Monica Pier, Emerging Focus Photo Workshop, Santa Monica, CA
Urban Noir Santa Monica Pier Night Photography Workshop, Otis College of Art & Design
Urban Noir: LA/NY, Photo Eye Lecture, Central Library, Los Angeles

2012

Urban Noir Night Photography Workshop, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA

2009

Urban Noir, Annenberg Foundation Center of Photography, Century City, CA
Panel Discussion: Night Photography, B&H Photo, New York, NY

2006

Panel Discussion — The Business of Photography, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

Awards & Recognition

2026

Purchase, State of New Mexico, AIPP Program

2022

Purchase, State of New Mexico, AIPP Program

2021

Artist's Grant, State of New Mexico

2019

Marquis Who's Who in America, Lifetime Achievement Award

2014

Santa Monica Artist Fellowship Grant

2011

Third Prize: International Photography Awards, Collage
Finalist: Critical Mass

2010

Finalist: Critical Mass

2008

Third Prize: International Photography Awards, Architecture, Historical

2007

Commendation from the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles for A Night View of Los Angeles
2007–2009: Jurist, Critical Mass

2006

LA Noir Nominated for Santa Fe Prize in Photography
Appointed, Advisor, Venice Community Trust

2005

Honorary Mention: International Photography Awards, Best Book, Other

2003

Appointed: International Photography Awards, Photographers Advisory Board (2003–present)

2002

Award of Merit — London Photo Awards

2001

Honorable Mention — Nikon International Photo Contest
Honorable Mention — New York International Institute of Photography
Appointed — Secretary, Board of Directors, Women In Photography International
Appointed — The Santa Monica Arts Commission

1997

First Prize — Public Communicators of Los Angeles, Pro Awards — Photo of the Year

Press & Articles

2024

Shadow and Light Magazine, August — How I Shoot Horses
Santa Fe New Mexican, June Home Section — Dr. G's Favorite Room
Western Horseman — Hitting New Targets after 60
LA Weekly, April 29 — Cirque du Soleil Returns to Its Original Santa Monica Pier

2023

Santa Fe Magazine, Issue 7 — Gas Stations and Horses

2022

Santa Fe New Mexican, December Home Section — Barn With a View

2017

Shadow & Light Magazine, Issue 14 — Entire Issue, Photo Encaustic

2015

Shadow and Light Magazine, Issue 07 — On the Road with the Leica Q
Leica Camera Blog — Turning the Camera to Santa Monica Bay, July 2015
Fabrik Magazine — Helen K. Garber, Undulations, July 3, 2015

2014

B+W Photography Magazine, Great Britain — Interview by Susan Burnstine, January, p. 22–24

2013

B&W Magazine, December, 100th Issue — Interview by Henry Rasmussen
Two Way Lens — Interview by Michael Lerner, August, Germany

2007

FOCUS, February, p. 118–125

2006

Photo District News, October, p. 132–135
ANTILIPSEIS, September, Greece, p. 16–21
Focus, April, p. 87–91

2004

Palm Springs Life, June, p. 41–44
B&W Magazine, July/August, p. 80–87

1997

American Photo, July, p. 21–24
Popular Photography, June, p. 19–24
New York Times, Living Arts Section, daily in January

Podcasts

2025

Interviewed by Malin Svennson, Aging Gracefully

2024

Projections Live NYC, November 13, 2024

Helen K. Garber is a fine art photographer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work is held in permanent collections at the Getty Museum, LACMA, MOMA, the Brooklyn Museum, George Eastman Museum, Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She has exhibited internationally and taught Noir photography workshops at the Santa Fe Workshops. Currently showing at GRACE Santa Fe, Abiquiu Inn Gallery, and Inhabit Gallery, Corrales, NM.